Iranian scholar Prof Dr Sayed Mahdi Mousavi distributed Iranian scholar Prof Dr Sayed Mahdi Mousavi has distributed food aid to the Rohingyas in Cox’s Bazar camp.
On behalf of the Islamic Republic of Iran and the country’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Prof Mousavi distributed the food items to the Rohingyas this week who have taken refuge in Bangladesh after being persecuted in Myanmar.
During the food distribution ceremony, the Iranian delegation said that Iran's support to the Rohingya Muslims who have taken refuge in Bangladesh will continue.
The Rohingyas faced a massive crisis in August 2017. Since then, Iran's assistance to these stateless people has continued, said the Iranian Embassy in Dhaka on Tuesday.
White talking to UNB recently, Prof Mousavi, Chairman of the University of Religions and Denominations of Iran, said he believes that it is not a local or national crisis but an international crisis. “All the countries, especially Muslim countries, should come forward and think about this problem.”
“We should be very thankful to Bangladesh because it has accepted so many refugees from Myanmar despite its own challenges,” he said.
Unfortunately, Prof Mousavi said, they see that support for the refugees is decreasing.
"All the Muslim countries should take a decision about the refugees from Myanmar. Bangladesh cannot alone take the decision. Because it is an international crisis, it is not a crisis created by Bangladesh,” he said.